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Kashmir floods: Thousands throng IAF base for safe passage out of Valley
India | Sep 12, 2014, 01:28 PM ISTSrinagar: Carrying bags and some other belongings, thousands of people from the state have thronged the area outside the IAF base here in anticipation of being airlifted out of the flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley. Some of them
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Kashmir floods: Hyderpora mosque a symbol of communal harmony
India | Sep 12, 2014, 12:59 PM ISTSrinagar: It is evening time and the maulvi here just sounded the ‘azaan', the call for prayer and devouts rush inside to offer ‘namaaz'. Shortly thereafter, scores of people assemble in the tented courtyard of
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Kerala mulls contingency plan for environmental disasters
India | Sep 12, 2014, 12:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Noting that hilly areas of Kerala are “vulnerable” to environmental disasters, state Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala today pushed for an urgent contingency plan to deal with any calamity as witnessed in Uttarakhand and
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Marine commandos to establish waterways in Srinagar
India | Sep 11, 2014, 08:07 PM ISTSrinagar: Navy's elite Marine Commandos will establish a waterway in the city to enable faster movement of people stuck in low-lying areas to higher grounds. The Navy has been given the task to establish a
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"I had no government": Omar Abdullah
National | Sep 11, 2014, 07:12 PM ISTSrinagar: “I had no government as the seat of the establishment was wiped out by the worst floods in over a century,” Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said today, recalling the nightmare of
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Air India evacuates 500 people from Srinagar, Leh
India | Sep 11, 2014, 05:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Intensifying evacuation efforts from flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, Air India and other carriers today flew over 500 passengers, including about 200 engineering students, here from Srinagar and Leh and carried tonnes of relief
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1,10,000 rescued in flood-hit Kashmir as relief efforts scaled up
India | Sep 12, 2014, 07:11 AM ISTSrinagar/Jammu: Relief efforts were scaled up in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, especially summer capital Srinagar with additional personnel, boats, drinking water, blankets and food rushed to the state Thursday even as authorities said over 110,000
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MoS Singh to visit Srinagar to take stock of situation
India | Sep 11, 2014, 02:15 PM ISTSrinagar: Union Minister Jitendra Singh will visit the flood-hit city today for an on-the-spot assessment of relief and rescue measures in the flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley.Singh, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, is also
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Dalai Lama mourns deaths in Kashmir floods
World | Sep 11, 2014, 10:17 AM ISTDharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday mourned the deaths in the devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.In a missive to Chief Minister Omar
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374 people from Rajasthan stranded in Kashmir:official
India | Sep 10, 2014, 08:19 PM ISTJaipur: Around 374 people from Rajasthan were stranded in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir but there were no reports of any casualty with them, a government official said here today.Based on the calls received at the
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Army will continue to work through 'day and night': Army Chief
India | Sep 10, 2014, 07:23 PM ISTSrinagar: Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag today said the forces would continue to work through "day and night" to render relief to the affected people in Kashmir.He said the flood situation in Kashmir is
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Kashmir floods: Locals heckle NDRF jawans in Srinagar, Omar justifies people's anger
India | Sep 10, 2014, 06:14 PM ISTSrinagar: An NDRF jawan on Wednesday was attacked by angry locals here while few other personnel of the force were heckled as they were rendering relief and rescue operations in the flood-hit areas. Officials said
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Over 76,500 evacuated in flood-hit Kashmir
India | Sep 10, 2014, 04:53 PM ISTSrinagar/Jammu: Over 76,500 people have been rescued in Jammu and Kashmir and relief efforts were on in the flood-hit parts of the state where hundreds still remained trapped even as the flood waters continued to
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Telephone links in Kashmir to be restored soon: Minister
India | Sep 10, 2014, 04:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: The telephone links in the flood-affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir are expected to be restored in a day or two, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh said Wednesday."I
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Worst floods in 109 years, will reach out to all: Omar Abdullah
India | Sep 10, 2014, 07:09 AM ISTSrinagar: Describing the current floods in the state as the worst in 109 years, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the government will reach out to all people for rescuing them and then
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Construction on waterways should be banned: VK Singh
India | Sep 09, 2014, 09:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister Gen. (retd) VK Singh today said constructions that block waterways should not be allowed and opined that there is a need to train people in disaster management to tackle calamities like
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UP announces Rs.20 crore for flood-hit Kashmir
National | Sep 09, 2014, 09:26 PM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Tuesday announced a financial assistance of Rs.20 crore for flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.The financial assistance was approved by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav who asked officials to immediately contact the Jammu and Kashmir
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Punjab, Haryana govts offer help for JK flood victims
India | Sep 09, 2014, 07:07 PM ISTChandigarh: Punjab and Haryana governments today offered all necessary assistance to mitigate sufferings of the flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir.Expressing solidarity with residents of the state, facing the worst floods in decades, Punjab Chief
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Army dogs uncover two bodies in Kashmir
India | Sep 09, 2014, 05:22 PM ISTJammu: Army dogs have unearthed the bodies of an elderly woman and a child buried under snow and mud in the flood ravaged Kashmir Valley, the military said Tuesday.Two Swiss Mountain dogs made the discovery
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Nearly 43,000 people rescued in J-K, 4 lakh still stranded
India | Sep 09, 2014, 06:42 PM ISTSrinagar: About four lakh people were still stranded and desperate for help today in flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley where heavy rains have eased to help scale up the massive multi-agency rescue and relief efforts in which